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[evadgib]

The cable is long enough to be plumbed in without getting in the way, indeed mine came with some retainers to enable this.

[chunktal]

Android phone, free app (search for daily roads or black box) and a dash mount.  Works well, needs GPS on for speed data. Fairly configurable, you can adjust the length of each segment of recording, amount of room to use on the SD card, G force settings for automatically retaining video in a colision, lots more.

The good thing over some of the black box cameras available is you can replay instantly on your phone, don't need to get the SD card out or connect it to a computer to get the video.  Also to retain any incdent, you just tap the screen and it saves a segment so if you see something or are in a minor incident that does not trigger the G force setting, its easy to save.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note and had to take the video down from the max to 720p and H.263 otherwise it just records pink and green snow.

I'm still interested in a proper system hard wired in with front and rear cameras but this works well in the mean time.

Edited by chunktal, Today, 14:30 .

[giddyup]

Obviously the one drawback with these dashcams is that they only cover front end collisions, and rear if you have two. I'm envisaging the fairly common scenario in Thailand of a motorbike (or car) suddenly pulling out from a side street into a main road. Motorbikes just don't look and expect a car to anticipate their every move. I guess to be fully covered you need four cams, but I guess that isn't very practical.

[craigt3365]

chunktal, on Today, 14:25 , said:

Android phone, free app (search for daily roads or black box) and a dash mount.  Works well, needs GPS on for speed data. Fairly configurable, you can adjust the length of each segment of recording, amount of room to use on the SD card, G force settings for automatically retaining video in a colision, lots more.

The good thing over some of the black box cameras available is you can replay instantly on your phone, don't need to get the SD card out or connect it to a computer to get the video.  Also to retain any incdent, you just tap the screen and it saves a segment so if you see something or are in a minor incident that does not trigger the G force setting, its easy to save.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note and had to take the video down from the max to 720p and H.263 otherwise it just records pink and green snow.

I'm still interested in a proper system hard wired in with front and rear cameras but this works well in the mean time.

Very interesting.  I also like the idea of a hard wired system.  Do you have any costs for that???

[chunktal]

craigt3365, on 49 minutes ago, said:

chunktal, on Today, 14:25 , said:

Android phone, free app (search for daily roads or black box) and a dash mount.  Works well, needs GPS on for speed data. Fairly configurable, you can adjust the length of each segment of recording, amount of room to use on the SD card, G force settings for automatically retaining video in a colision, lots more.

The good thing over some of the black box cameras available is you can replay instantly on your phone, don't need to get the SD card out or connect it to a computer to get the video.  Also to retain any incdent, you just tap the screen and it saves a segment so if you see something or are in a minor incident that does not trigger the G force setting, its easy to save.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note and had to take the video down from the max to 720p and H.263 otherwise it just records pink and green snow.

I'm still interested in a proper system hard wired in with front and rear cameras but this works well in the mean time.

Very interesting.  I also like the idea of a hard wired system.  Do you have any costs for that???

Saw this one for about $380US, Visiondrive VD-7000w.  There is an 8000 series but have not found a price.  It says it goes in the "Cigar" lighter but I figure there'd be someone here I could take one too and get it wired in as an accessory so when the engine is on it is on.  I'll stick ith the Andriod one for now until I get a bit more time to look for one.

For the guy that says about the side impact, front and rear ould be enough, it can show you are driving straight (if you are) and if you have right of way (signs, lights, etc) so if you are hit on the side it at least gives you proof you can show the police of what you were doing before the motorbike embedded in your door.